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“An artist does not say what exists, but what does not exist—and by saying it, makes it exist.”
— Milena Jesenská, Letters to Milena (tr. Philip Boehm)
JONATHAN CHERRY: What did you want to be growing up?
TATIANA SAAVEDRA: Both my parents worked in photography. My dad became interested in the area upon seeing my mom develop film. After that the influence cascaded towards me. Both of them offered me cameras at a young age. Film and photography cameras respectively. I would basically treat them like toys and they eventually became my favorite things to play with.
I would bring them to school and direct stories that I created even before learning how to write. Specifically horror short stories. I would bring them to life with the help of my friends and other children. Everyone was very eager and the goal was always to have fun with the spontaneity of it all.
As I grew I kept writing stories and portraying them through photography and film until eventually I decided to pursue an education on film. Looking back, the only relevant change was that I stopped writing horror stories. Perhaps I lost interest in spooky elements and I felt more drawn to human aspects, which also can be spooky or even horrifying, in a more subtle way.
JC: Who or what is inspiring you at the moment?
TS: Many things. Firstly I would say cinema and paintings are the foundation of my visual inspiration, which then is focused a lot on nature and it’s colors, from the moon to the sea. But most importantly, I feel very drawn to humanity, people and people’s words or music.
JC: What are you up to right now?
TS: Right now, I want to avoid being stuck doing nothing. I’m trying to encapsulate as much knowledge about photography as I possibly can. It’s very important to use these difficult times to deepen and reflect upon things that you wouldn’t normally have the availability for. But above all I’m looking forward to living off a career in photography and exploring new grounds of creativity with a lot of people who are booking me for after the lockdown.
JC: Have you had mentors along the way?
TS: I got my college education at University Lusófona, with a degree in Cinema, Video and Multimedia communication. Which gave me the opportunity to have contact with amazing professors. However, the person that inspired me the most was my teacher Margarida Cardoso. She’s an incredible person and film director. I truly advise everyone to see her work, especially Yvone Kane, a film led by the equally magnificent actress Beatriz Batarda.
Apart from Cardoso, I also have a strong sense of admiration for many other teachers who I could even call mentors. Such as Mário Cardoso, Amândio Coroado, Tony Costa, Vitor Candeias, Júlio Barata and many more. They shaped my education and me as a person to the point where I still share brief but soulful conversations with most of them. Even though I found my mentors in my academic years, I feel it’s terribly important to be open to people who can add something to your professional journey. I find it detrimental to exchange things with other photographers and filmmakers, especially ones who you admire. You never know what could happen. A lot of times projects are born from a honest approach, sometimes even friendships start to flourish Right now, I would say I’m really drawn to the work of filmmaker Claudia Varejão and the photographer Pedro Gabriel.
JC: Where are you based right now and how is it shaping you?
TS: Being an artist in Portugal is not easy. Especially when you’re living off being a photographer. But it’s my goal, a hard one nevertheless, but it’s my own. Also the pandemic really puts me and other people working on the area to the test. But I believe that even in the darkest times there are some windows of opportunity, you just have to look from them and to know how to open them. There will always be challenges to your life path as a human being but especially for an artist in this world. Right now, I’ve put everything in perspective and used this time to improve my technique but also to mature my vision. Ultimately I’ve learned that nothing is set in stone, even life as we know it.
JC: One piece of advice to photography graduates?
TS: Artistically speaking, perseverance and honesty directed to your craft are key. On the other hand, you need a very strategic business plan. Cause at the end of the day, if you wanna live off your craft, you need to see it as more than art and as a business as well. That aspect should never be forgotten since it can even help you grow, creatively speaking.
JC: If all else fails - what is your plan B?
TS: I always have a plan B, various actually. But right now, perseverance is the plan A and also the plan B. I really wanna keep exercising Photography as my profession. It’s my passion and I feel the drive to seek multiple ways to make it work.
JC: Is it important to you to be a part of a creative community?
TS: Most definitely, being surrounded by creative people is immensely rewarding. Specifically people that I look up to or that have accomplished things that I’m trying to create. In a way it kinda humanizes the pedestal and the people you’ve placed there and it ultimately makes me believe that I can also produce the content that I admire.
I also feel that creative people are more dynamic, which eventually motivates me to experiment more or to develop new things and projects. I could say I’m the happiest when I’m creating something. It’s the definition of being alive, that you’re doing some with your existence apart from existing.
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welcome to my animal crossing island
This take is pissing me off so Im going to just rant about it to get it out of my system.
Elon Musk's SNL bits weren't unfunny because he's autistic, they were unfunny because he's an out of touch conservative billionaire with a cult of personality who panders to online nerd communities who are obsessed with 4chan, cryptocurrency, and saying slurs as often as possible. Every time this man says a single thing it's incredibly clear he has no idea what life is like for the average person and has been spoonfed by others his entire life. He didn't start tesla, he bought it. He's more of a detriment to SpaceX than a positive. He's rich because mommy and daddy being racists in apartheid South Africa. He owns a fucking emrald mine. He calls literal heroes pedophiles for daring to criticize his stupid plans thatd kill innocents. His companies violate almost every OSHA standard (and thats just the shit in the USA) and his space company rains dangerous shit all over American cities.
People don't hate Elon Musk because he's autistic. People hate Elon Musk because he's a Captain Planet villain.
And, trying to level that disgust towards him as disgust towards autistic people is so extremely ableist. Elon Musk getting made fun of for being terrible at comedy and being an unrelatable billionaire is not the same as autistic people getting made fun of for not being able to communicate ideas.
Fuck all the way off.
Ready for the next big disaster? Here’s what we do if an asteroid is headed to earth
Asteroids hitting the Earth have been a staple of Hollywood blockbusters for years. But what happens if there actually was an asteroid hurtling towards us?
Luckily, there are people like Kirsten Howley, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab researcher, who has a game plan for dealing with this potential danger. And strangely enough, it doesn’t seem to involve Bruce Willis.
Cruel Summer
Pairing: Spencer Reid x Reader (gn <3)
Summary: Spencer takes a bullet for Reader who then gets mad and confesses their feelings during an emotional argument (inspired by Taylor Swift)
Category: angst with fluff at the end.
Warnings: criminal minds typical stuff such as death, blood, mention of suicide, guns, alcohol. (please let me know if I forgot something)
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apply for jobs you’re not qualified for! audit upper-level classes! get drunk with your TAs! see that poster advertising that lecture series? go there take notes and ask questions! thank the presenter for talking about this topic you love! if the class is full before you register, email the professor and ask if they can squeeze you in! RAISE YOUR HAND! tell the disability accomodation office to do their goddamn job! ask for help! file complaints! go to class in your pajamas and destroy the reading! you got this! you KNOW you got this! be arrogant enough to learn EVERYTHING! take your meds! punch a velociraptor in the dick! fear is useless and temporary! glory is forever! shed your skin and erupt angel wings! help out! spread your sun!
i had a really good morning! you deserve a really good morning! kill anyone who says you don’t and build a throne from their bones!
“I literally cut myself off in the middle of negative thoughts like bitch we don’t have time for this come back.”
— SZA
05.07.2019
Preparing for my Cambridge exam has been hard work and doing that while participating in another internship/summer course has left me completely exhausted. But it's almost over!! Tomorrow's the big day! 🌟
I’m pretty sure it has been more than a year since I have posted original content on my studyblr, I hope you are doing well!! Update: I have finished the ib and graduated high school and am waiting to start university in a month!
studygram: acadehmic
Hi guys! As some of you may know, I’ve been trying to switch over to Notion to stream-line all my research progress and notes in one space. Unfortunately, all the examples I found here on Tumblr and on Youtube were more geared towards a bullet journal adaptation of Notion or more undergraduate-focused use of the app, which wasn’t what I wanted to model mine after. Therefore, I decided to play around with Notion myself and ended up making it work for my purposes. Because I am using this with the intention of being more focused and having my priorities straight, I kept the theme pretty basic and efficient. I am still working on learning how to use this app for my purposes but I decided to make this post to show you guys how I set up my Notion. Feel free to message me if you ever have any questions about my set-up or would like to see more of how I set a particular page up. Some toggles and texts are blurred out for research privacy purposes since it is unpublished data. [click on individual images for full res.]
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‘the mirror’ - sir frank bernard dicksee (1896)
Forever stuck in my heart.
Wake up babe new fish dropped